A personal blog by Nathan Rowland covering films, games, and travel, including reviews of Project Hail Mary and the indie game Cairn and a write-up of a SXSW 2023 trip. Readers get a warm, chatty first-person take on cosy sci-fi, indie gaming and conference experiences.
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Economist Scott Sumner writes about monetary policy, economic ideas and culture, including monetarism, market monetarism and NGDP targeting, along with film and book reviews. Posts mix technical macroeconomics with commentary on intellectual history and quarterly culture roundups.
A weekly newsletter that makes one New Yorker story free to read, drawn from culture criticism, politics and long-form journalism. Issues also include occasional podcast conversations on current affairs such as the midterm elections.
Personal essays from a veteran filmmaker, covering film history such as Hearst's campaign against Citizen Kane, AI tools in everyday life, and reflections on ageing, Buddhism and the need for others' approval. Readers get sharp, self-aware prose that mixes cultural criticism with memoir.
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